Match the term to the correct description
| Draggable item | arrow_right_alt | Corresponding Item |
|---|---|---|
Fitness | arrow_right_alt | Differences of traits within a population |
Variation | arrow_right_alt | A beneficial trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce in a particular environment |
Adaptation | arrow_right_alt | Surviving long enough to produce offspring |
A flash flood rushes through the Sam Houston State Forest and kills many members of a population of pigmy rattlesnakes. A limited amount of rattlesnakes from the original population survive.
The change in allele frequency after the flash flood is an example of .
As a result of this change, the population will .
A road is built through a field which separates a population of Texas tortises.
The separation/isolation and the diversity .
A land bridge is built over the same road to allow for the tortoise populations to mix again.
In constructing the land bridge, can continue.
As turtles from either side of the bridge mate, .
A group of lizards from a mainland have yellow and white phenotypes. A few individuals from the mainland get swept away to a nearby island in which they start a new colony.
The example described in the scenario above is
As a result, the new colony formed has than the original group from the mainland.
Cross-pollination occurs when pollinators (such as the common honey bee) transfers pollen from one flower to another.
The cross-pollination of flowers from different populations of the same species will most likely result in...
